Meat-hook.



No. 884,361. 7 PATENTED APR. 14,- 1908.

F. D. BROGA. MEAT HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.l7'1904.

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PATENT OFFICE.

FRANKLIN D. BROGA, OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK.

MEAT-HOOK.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 14, 1908.

Application filed September 17, 1904. Serial No. 224,804.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN D. BROGA, of Oneida, in the county ofMadison, in the State of New York, have invented a certain new anduseful Meat-Hook, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object the production of a hook which isespecially a plicable for supporting meat, is particu arly simple inconstruction and practical in use, and permits the ready removal of aquarter, or other piece, of meat and its inclosing wrap or engaged withsaid hook; and to this end, 1t consists in the combination, constructionand arrangement of the component parts of a hook, as hereinafter fullyset forth and pointed out in the claims.

In describing this invention, reference is had to the accompanyingdrawing, formin part of this specification, in which like charactersdesignate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my hook, illustrated as supported on across-bar, the hook-member being shown in operative position, and theupper end of a quarter of meat being indicated by dotted lines asoperatively engaged with said member. Fig. 2 is an elevation, partly insection, of said hook. Fig. 3 is a sectional view, partly in elevation,on

Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are isometric views of detached parts.

This hook consists essentially of a shank 1, a hook-member2 and anengaging member 3.

The upper portion of the shank 1 has a lateral extension 4 formed with adepending end 5, which is provided with a slot 6 extending upwardly fromthe end face of said depending end, and through -the inner and outersides thereof, and is also provided with a socket 7 extending upwardlyfrom the top of the slot 6. The lower portion of the shank 1 is formedwith a slot 8 extending upwardly from its bottom, or end, edge andthrough the inner and outer sides thereof, and is also formed withshoulders 9 projecting from the front, or outer, face of said lowerportion at opposite sides of the slot 8.

As best seen in Figs. 1 and 2, the hookmember 2 is formed with aprojecting free end which extends upwardly when the hookmember is in itsnormal, or operative, position. The other end of the hook-member 2 isreduced in thickness, is movable in the slot 8, is provided withupwardly extending means as a shoulder 10 ,for engaging a face 11 lmovement of the free end of the hook-memher, and is secured to the lowerportion of the shank by a pivot 12 passed through a slot 13 in said endof the hook-member. The lower wall of the slot 13 is formed concave, andthe upper wall thereof is provided with a shoulder 14, depending towardsaid lower wall and normally arranged at one side of the pivot 12, asshown in Fig. 2, said shoulder 14 having diverging sides leading fromits inner extremity. Said hook-member 2 is also provided with shoulders15 arranged in advance of the slot 13 for engaging the upper faces ofthe shoulders 9 of the shank, and with a shoulder or extension 16independent of, and separated from, the shank 1 and depending from thelower edge of said hookmember intermediate of its ends, and having itsface 17 opposed to the shank substantially upright, and its oppositeface diverging upwardly from the face 17.

As seen in Figs. 1, 2, and 5, the hook-member is formed with upwardlyextending surfaces 29 located above the shoulders 15 and inclining awayfrom the front faces of the shank on opposite sides of the slot 8, saidsurfaces 29 being normally spaced apart from the front faces of theshank, and movable into engagement with the said faces when thehook-member is raised preliminary to its downward movement. By reason ofthe separation of the surfaces 29 and the front faces of the shank, noslight movement of the hook-member, such as is caused by jarring, willdislocate the hook-member, as it is first necessary that said member belifted until the faces 29 engage the shank, before the hook-member is inposition to be moved endwise to shift the shoulder 14 over the pivot 12,and also to free the faces 15 from the shoulders 9.

The meat or other article being engaged with .my hook moves lengthwiseof the projecting free end of ,the member 2 past the shoulder 16, andwhen in normal position en'- gages the face 17 of said shoulder.Providing it is desired to remove the meat or other article, the same islifted u wardly slightly, thus rocking the hook-member 2 on its pivot 12for disengaging the shoulder 10 from the face 11, and after thedisengagement of these parts 10, 11 the meat or other article is forcedsidewise for moving the member 2 relatively to its pivot 12 in a planeat an angle to the rocking movement of said member 2, and

thereby arranging the shoulders 15 in front of the shoulders 9, andcausing the shoulder 14 to pass to the other side of the pivot 12,whereupon the hook-member swings on said pivot, and as the free end ofsaid member moves downwardly, the weight of the meat or other articlefacilitates the disengagement thereof from the hook-member.

The engaging member 3 is provided with a part 18 which extendsdownwardly from its upper end, is formed of less thickness than otherportions of said member, is movable in the slot 6, and is secured'by apivot 19 at its upper end to the depending end 5 of the upper portion ofthe shank 1. A suitable slot 20 extends downwardly from the upper edgeof the engaging member in the part 18, beneath the pivot 19, and isprovided with a lengthwise bearing surface 21. A coiled spring 22 isarranged within the socket 7 and is provided with a depending spring arm23 disposed in a plane substantially parallel to the extension 5 andarranged in the slot 20. This arm 23 engages the face 21 below the pivot19 and normally holds the engaging member in its operative position, asillustrated in Fig. 1. Said engaging member 3 is provided. at its lowerend with a lateral branch 24 projecting toward the main body of theshank 1 and having its upper face 25 substantially flat and its lowerface 26 extended upwardly toward the free end of said branch 24. Whenthe hook-member is in operative position, the face 25 engages the loweredge of a supporting beam or cross-bar 27, Fig. 1, and as Will beobvious to those skilled in the art, the inclined face 26 facilitatesthe ready engagement of the hook with the cross-bar by causin theengaging member 3 to swing outwardly against the action of the spring 22as the engaging member is pressed downwardly against the upper edge ofsaid cross-bar. The engaging member 3 prevents the upward movement ofthe hook relatively to its supporting cross-bar and thus obviates unduedetachment of the hook. Said engaging member 3 is also provided withshoulders 28 which project laterally beyond the part 18 of the engagingmember and the opposing edges of the extension 5, and coact with saidopposing edges for limiting the movement of the engaging member 3 underthe influence of its spring, and also tend to support articles, as otherhooks, resting upon the sides of the shank, when the hooks are detachedfrom the supporting bar piled promiscuously, and thus prevent the wei htof such articles from bending the walls of t 1e slot 6 and interferingwith the movement of the engaging member. An engaging member, and aspring, of the described construction are economically manufactured andassembled and add materially to the practicability of my hook.

The construction and operation of my hook will now be readily understoodupon reference to the foregoing description and the accompanyingdrawings, and it will be noted that more or less change may be made inthe component parts thereof without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1 A hook comprising a shank, and a hookmember pivoted to the shank andhaving a projecting free end movable downwardly from its normal oroperative position and movable upwardly slightly preliminary to itsdownward movement, said hook-member being provided with means forengaging the shank and normally preventing downward movement of the freeend of the hook-member, and with a surface above and in advance of thepivot for engaging the front face of the shank at the end of the upwardmovement of the hook-member, and thereby effecting the disengagement ofsaid means and the shank, said surface being normally spaced apart fromthe shank, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A book comprising a shank, and a hookmember pivoted to the shank andhaving a projecting free end movable downwardly from its normal oroperative position and being movable upwardly slightly preliminary toits downward movement, said hook-member being formed with a slot forreceiving the pivot and with a shoulder having diverging sidesprojecting into the slot for engaging the pivot during the movement ofthe hookmember, and thereby automatically forcing said hook-member intoand out of its normal or operative position for preventing thehook-member from assuming a position intermediate of its normal andextreme abnormal positions, said hook-member being also provided withmeans for engaging the shank and normally preventing downward movementof the free end of the hook-member, and WltlL a surface above and inadvance of the pivot for engaging the opposing surface of the shank atthe end of the upward movement of the hook-member and thereby effectingthe disengagement of said means and the shank, said surface beingnormally spaced apart from the shank, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

8. In a hook, the combination with a shank comprising a main bodyhavinga lateral extension formed with a depending end provided with aslot extending upwardly from the end face of said end and through theinner and outer sides thereof, and with a socket extending from saidslot, and an engaging member pivoted to said depending end and movablein the slot therein; of a coiled spring arranged in the socket andhaving a spring arm disposed substantially parallel to said dependingend and coacting with .inner and outer sides thereof, and with a socketextending from said slot, and an engaging member having its upper endpivoted to said depending end and movable in the slot therein andprovided with a slot extending downwardly from its upper face; of acoiled spring arranged in the socket and having a spring arm extendingsubstantially lengthwise of the slot in the engaging member and coactingwith said engaging member,

and a hook-member supported by the shank, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

5. In a hook, the combination with a shank comprising a main body havinga lateral extension formed with a depending end provided with a slotextending upwardly from the end face of said end and through the innerand outer sides thereof, and with a socket extending upwardly from saidslot, and an engaging member having its upper end pivoted to saiddepending end and movable in the slot therein, said engaging memberbeing provided with a slot extending downwardly from its upper facebelow the pivot therefor, and with a bearing surface extendinglengthwise of the slot, and being provided at its lower end with alateral branch; of a coiled spring arranged in the socket and having aspring arm disposed substantially parallel to the depending end of theshank and arranged in. the slot in the engaging member and coacting withthe bearing surface thereof below the pivot for the engaging member, anda hook-member supported by the shank, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

6. In a hook, the combination with a shank comprising a main body havinga lateral extension formed with a depending end provided with a slotextending upwardly from the end face of said end and through the innerand outer sides thereof; of an engaging member pivoted to the. de endingend and provided with a part movab e in the slot and with lateralshoulders for limiting the movement of the engaging member and relievingthe sides of the slot from the weight of articles resting upon the sidesof the shank and a hook-member supported by the shank, substantially asand for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence oftwo attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in theState of New York, this 9th day of September, 1904.

, FRANKLIN D. BROGA. Witnesses D. LAVINE, E. SEEMILLER.

